Nelson
Mandela has finally gone to rest at 95 years of age.
The world has
lost one of its most prominent sons: Nelson Mandela is in fact not only the
first democratically elected president of South Africa after the dark years of
Apartheid, but he is a role-model for all humanity. He is an example of
forgiveness: he has forgiven his jailers in Robin Highland; he has been able to
have good collaboration and dialogue with the former rulers of the era of segregation;
he has been the president of all South-Africans, both black and white.
Mandela has
been a man of humility and he has taught everybody the greatness of a life of
service.
Even here
in Chaaria, we feel sad and happy in the same time: sad because the world has
lost such a great figure, and happy because his legacy will remain for ever.
Following his example, also here in Chaaria we try to live as brothers and
sisters, no matter of the color of our skin: Mandela inspires us to live
together, to love and serve one another because we are all sons of God, either
black or white in our skin.
Many times
in theater we think of Madiba when we cut the skin of our patients during an
operation, and jokingly we comment that under the skin we are all the same: fat
is yellow, tissues are pink and blood is red… so it is very difficult to
understand where all the racist behaviors based on color come from. To be black
or white involves one single organ of our bodies. All the others are completely
the same. On top of everything, we are all sons of God.
Nelson
Mandela is for us a continuous example of fraternal love, humility and service.
We mourn
him and in the same time we celebrate his life.
Like
Francis of Assisi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King he is one of the bright lights
helping us to keep going and not to loose direction.
May this
black child in my white arms be a wish of love and unity beyond any race, color
or nationality.
Bro Beppe
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